American Idol earned a 4.6 adults 18-49 rating, down two tenths from last Wednesday's 4.8. However, Idol still easily lead a FOX win for adults 18-49 ratings and total viewership on the night and has now surpassed NBC’s The Voice as the #1 show of the season (6.2 vs. 6.1) – even including The Voice’s high rated post-Super Bowl premiere.

ABC's Wednesday night returned from repeats this week. The Middle earned a 2.0, down a tenth from its last original and a new season low. Suburgatory was flat with its last original's season low 2.0 18-49 rating. Modern Family earned to a 4.0 rating which is a season low and down a tenth from its last original's 4.1. Don't Trust The B---- in Apartment 23 was back up from last week's series low 2.0 adults 18-49 rating, gaining four-tenths to earn a 2.4 adults 18-49 rating, but it was down two tenths from the last time it aired after an original Modern Family. Revenge was flat with last week's series/season low 2.1 adults 18-49 rating.

Survivor was down two-tenths to a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating, compared with last week's 2.7 and is a new series low. Criminal Minds returned from repeats to earn a 3.0 adults 18-49 rating, even with its last original. CSI earned a 2.3, down a tenth from its last original and tying its series low

Betty White's Off Their Rockers earned a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating at 9PM and a 1.4 at 9:30, both down from last week's 1.7 18-49 rating and producing the series' lowest ratings to date. Rock Center with Brian Williams earned a 1.0, up a tenth from last week's 0.9 18-49 Rating. Law And Order: SVU earned a 1.8, up a tenth from last week's 1.7 18-49 rating.

On The CW,America's Next Top Model was the only new program on the CW and earned a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating, compared with last week's 0.5 adults 18-49 rating.

-

Late-night results are below the primetime data.

Overnight ratings for Wednesday, May 2, 2012:

Time

Net

Show

18-49 Rating

18-49 Share

Viewers Live+SD (million)

8:00PM

FOX

American Idol (8-10 PM)

4.6

13

16.299

CBS

Survivor: One World

2.5

8

9.205

NBC

Betty White's Off Their Rockers

1.3

4

5.008

ABC

The Middle

2.0

7

6.605

CW

The LA Complex -R

0.3

1

0.857

tvbythenumbers.com

8:30PM

ABC

Suburgatory

2.0

6

5.801

NBC

Betty White's Off Their Rockers

1.4

4

4.936

tvbythenumbers.com

9:00 PM

ABC

Modern Family

4.0

11

9.950

CBS

Criminal Minds

3.0

8

11.400

NBC

Rock Center With Brian Williams

1.0

3

4.185

CW

America's Next Top Model

0.4

1

1.047

tvbythenumbers.com

9:30PM

ABC

Don't Trust the B in Apt. 23

2.4

6

5.851

tvbythenumbers.com

10:00PM

CBS

CSI

2.3

6

9.742

ABC

Revenge

2.1

6

7.090

NBC

Law and Order: SVU

1.8

5

6.450

-
via NBC press note:

In Late-Night Metered Markets Wednesday night:

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 3.0/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 3.1/7; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 3.4/7; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.5/4.

At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.6/5 in metered-market households) tied CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.6/5). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/3 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.4/3).

At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 1.0/4 in metered-market households and a 0.4/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Definitions: Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.

Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.

Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)

Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.

America, you are what you eat. That goes for knowledge as well as food.

lisa

Idol is NOT my fav at all.
Neither is violence..
Tho they are not at all related, Idol is based on a premise I do not believe in.
Violence is violence, its just bad karma.

Steven Leitner

@Matto

If ABC moved Once Upon a Time to Friday nights, that would be one of their worst mistakes. It already gets good ratings on Sundays, ABC shouldn’t ruin that for the show.

freecheese

I guess I am REALLY out of step. I find this form of “entertainment” nothing more than Kareoke. What a joke these followers and worshipers are.
Drop a quarter in the juke box instead.

John

Idol has so jump the shark! Lest face it boring same thing every time it’s on.The worst part is the love fest no real help any more (bring back Simone he made it fun to see) we all know in our heart’s that the best singer does not
win! In the past it’s the cutest one that wins and we lose wasting our time with a show made for 12 year old’s!
It has less to do with talent and every thing to do with making $$$$$$$ !